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A10586	A legendarie, conteining an ample discourse of the life and behauiour of Charles Cardinal of Lorraine, and of his brethren, of the house of Guise. Written in French by Francis de L'isle; Legende de Charles, cardinal de Lorraine et de ses frères, de la maison de Guise. English	La Planche, Louis Régnier de, ca. 1530-ca. 1580.	1577 (1577)	STC 20855; ESTC S115805	138,427	198

place hereafter Howbeit if so be that such of the race of Guise as do remaine might obteine so much fauour of God as that it would please him to turne their hearts so that they would suffer our realme to be in quiet and that contenting them selues with that which is past and so through courteous and faithful behauiours would blot out the remembrance of their former mischiefes I would be glad to breake promise and would endeuour to be the first that should cast the remembrance thereof into the pit of obliuion but in continuing the race which hitherto they haue runne they shal find both braines hands enough to resist thē And although that through crafts and treason they and their semblables haue hitherto rather then by force of armes so highly aduāced them selues yet wil the trueth in the end ouercome and haue his course so that they shal get nothing by following the steppes of their auncesters saue onely they shal become so much the more odious both vnto God men Yea they shal builde their pinacle so high that finally it shal fall vpon their owne heads and ensnare them selues If therefore they wil preuent this danger and assubiect them selues vnto their duetie it is the thing whereof I should be verie glad neither can I denie but that the house of Guise conteining them selues within their limites might haue done good seruice to the crowne of France but of seruants seeking to become masters they haue marred all and ouerthrowne both themselues and others Thus loth to be in this matter ouer tedious I beseech you friendly readers to shew a good countenance vnto this first booke vntill the comming forth of the rest which shortly shal be presented vnto your view This do I assuredly trust that you wil do in case you be natural French men that is to say affectionate vnto the seruice of God the commoditie of your countrie and the conseruation of your auncient and noble libertie Fare wel THE LEGENDE of Charles Cardinal of Lorraine and of his brethren of the house of Guise IN the yere of our Lord 1362 after the deceasse of Iohn Duke of Lorraine succeeded his eldest sonne Charles the firste who by Margaret daughter vnto Robert of Bauieres Countye Palatine had issue three sonnes as many daughters The sonnes named Charles Robert and Federic dyed without issue But of the daughters the eldest named Marie was maryed vnto Enguerand Earle of Coucy who also died without heyres The seconde called Katherine was giuen to Iames Marquise of Baden with the dowrye of three preuostshipps namely S. Dier Arches and Bruettes besides a good summe of money in consideration whereof the said Marquise renounced his whole title vnto the succession in the Duchye of Lorraine The third daughter Isabell was maried vnto Rene of Anjou the sonne of Lewes of Anjou the seconde sonne to Iohn King of France This Rene the first succeeded his father in lawe Charles in the Duchye of Lorraine seeking also the possession of the Duchye of Bar in the right of his mother Yoland of Arragon wherein Anthony Earle of Vaudemont sonne of Ferry Duke Charles brother withstood him and chalenged the sayd Duchye whereunto he was assisted by Philippe Duke of Burgundye who was offended with the mariage of the said Rene of Anjou vnto Isabell of Lorraine Hereupon in a conflicte neere vnto Bulainuille the said Rene was taken prisoner and thence conueyed vnto Dijon vnder the custodie of the Duke of Burgundye aforesaid where he was deteined fifteene yeres at the petition of the Englishmen and Burgundions vnder whom at the same time Ferry of Vaudemont sonne to this Earle Anthony did serue howbeit finally it was agreed that Duke Rene the prisoner should giue his eldest daughter Yoland in mariage vnto this Ferry of Vaudemont with the summe of two hundred thousande crownes in the name of a ransome In the meane time Lewes of Anjou Duke Rene his eldest brother intending the conquest of Naples whereof Pope Clemente had crowned him Kinge dyed without issue whereof so soone as Duke Rene was aduertised he purposed the possession of the same Realme but notwithstanding the ayde of most states of Italie as Genes Milan and other Potentates he was by the Spanierdes finally expelled Naples and forced to retire into France vnto his brother in lawe King Charles the seuenth whereas after some warre against the citie of Metz hauing knowledge of the death of his wife Isabell he resigned the whole gouernement of Lorraine vnto his eldest sonne Iohn in full intente to liue the reste of his time quietly and peaceably within his dominions of Prouence and Anjou Iohn surnamed of Calabre after he had gouerned Lorraine eighteene yeres dyed leauing a sonne named Iohn of Anjou who in the time of his grandfather Rene aforesaid fianced Anne the daughter of King Lewes the eleuenth albeit afterwarde breaking of with his said father in law through the persuasions of the Duke of Burgundye and entending by repudiating the daughter of France to conclude a mariage with Marie the said Duke of Burgundyes daughter being euen at the very point so to doe he dyed By meanes whereof Rene the seconde of that name sonne of Ferrye of Vaudemont brother vnto Duke Rene of Anjou and of Yoland sister vnto Duke Iohn succeeded in the said Duchyes of Lorraine and Bar in the yere 1473. for want of other heyres during the life of his grandfather on the mothers side Rene of Anjou of his mother Yoland whome the inhabitantes of the countrie would not accept for gouernour This Duke waged continuall warre against the Duke of Burgundye whome finally he ouerthrewe before Nancy in whose time liued his great grandfather Rene of Anjou termed King of Sicill who rested his old bones within his Duchyes of Prouence and Anjou him did Kinge Lewes the eleuenth greatly cherish and quietly entertaine fearing his association with the Duke of Burgundye and the English men who greatly thereunto sollicited him This King Rene sent worde to his nephew Rene that in case he intended to be his heyre he should wholy take vpon him the full armes of Anjou which proffer he refused well was he content to quarter togither the armes of Anjou Sicill Prouence and Lorraine howbeit vpon his other refusall his grandfather King Rene instituted Charles Earle of Maine his nephew by his brother Charles also Earle of Maine for his inheritor whereof Rene being certifyed he hasted toward his grandfather but all being done and past he returned backe againe in a great heat and King Rene died in the yere 1482. Shortly after also dyed Charles of Maine his competitor whereby Lewes the eleuenth King of France remained lord of the countries of Prouence Anjou and Maine by the gifte of the last will of the said Charles who also left vnto him the Duchye of Bar. After the death of King Lewes the eleuenth Rene of Lorraine who through the persuasion of Pope Sixtus was gone into Italie to seeke the

conquest of the realmes of Naples and Sicill and there had continued in wages with the Venitians a certayn space did now returne into France there to chalenge his right in the Countyes of Prouence Anjou with the Dutchye of Bar. This Dutchy was graunted vnto him conditionally that he and his successours should for the same doe hōmage vnto the King of France who thereby remained soueraine lord ouer the same but as for the Countyes of Prouence and Anjou it was answered that they being parcel of the demaynes of the crowne might not fall vnto the distaffe so that finally by consente of King Charles the eight and this Duke Rene the controuersie was referred vnto the arbitrement of three vmpiers whiles in the meane time the King committed vnto the Duke a regiment of an hundred men of armes with the enterteinment of sixe and thirtie thousand frankes of yerly pension Now in the yere of our Lord 1489 the Neopolitanes detesting the tyranny of yong Alphonsus required the ayde of this Duke Rene who thereunto prepared him selfe but duringe his preparation the three vmpiers aforesaid pronounced their arreste wherein it was found tha● not onely Anjou and Prouence but also Sicill and Naples did apperteine vnto the King of France vpon which occasion Charles the eight vndertooke that voyage him selfe Howbeit notwithstanding this arrest Yoland mother vnto this Duke Rene euen after the deceasse of her father Rene the great did still reteine the title of Queene of Sicill yea this Rene the seconde chalenged the title of King of Sicill and Ierusalem in the name of the conquestes o● his ancesters causinge his eldest sonne Anthony to be called Duke of Calabre still quarteringe the armes of Anjou with his owne for which his presumptiō togither with diuers other his practises Kinge Lewes the twelueth stomaking him expelled him out of France and tooke away all his pensions but he founde meanes to be reconciled and afterward dyed as he rode on huntinge hauing remained Duke fiue and thirtie yeres This man had by his second wife named Philippe the sister vnto the Duke of Guelderland twelue children of whom seuen dyed in their youth whereby he left only fiue who all were sonnes named Anthony Claude Iohn Lewes and Francis. Anthony succeeded his father in the Duchyes of Lorraine and Bar also in the Countye of Vaudemont and Marquisat of Ponte and by the death of this Charles Duke of Guelderlande his mothers brother in the said Duchye of Guelderlande and in the Countye of Zutphan leauing behind him three children Francis who succeeded in his dominions Anne maried vnto the prince of Orange and Nicolas first bishop of Verdun and afterwarde of Metz and finally as presently he is earle of Vaudemont and at this present father in law vnto Henrye the third King of Frāce Francis the successour of his father Anthony had by Christian the daughter vnto the King of Denmarck issue one sonne named Charles and two daughters Charles the seconde and sonne vnto Francis succeeded his father in the yere 1545. and presently liueth hauing to wife Claude the daughter of King Henrye the second by whom he hath diuers children now liuing Claude the second sonne of Rene Duke of Guise and Baron of Ginuille repayred vnto the French courte where in short space he obteined the gouernement of Champagne and Burgundye and marying Anthoynet of Bourbon aunt vnto the late King of Nauarre he had by her issue six sonnes namely Francis Charles Claude Lewes Rene and the great Prior of France of whom but especially of Francis who after his father was Duke of Guise and finally slayne by Poltrot at the siege of Orleans and of Charles afterward Cardinall of Lorraine we wil hereafter speake more largelye not omitting what so may be incident touching the other brethren of whom Claude obteined the Dutchye of Aumale and was slaine at the siege of Rochel Rene enioyed the Marquisat of Allebeufe Lewes was created Cardinall of Guise and the yongest was made great Prior of France Iohn the thirde sonne of Rene and bishop of Metz was through great sute vnto Leo the tenth electe Cardinall in the yere 1518 and afterward being ordinarily resident in the French courte obteyned great fauour with King Francis the first for he neuer medled with matters of estate but passed ouer his time in pleasure The other two sonnes namely Lewes and Francis dyed in the warres the one in the realme of Naples and the other at the battayle of Pauie Duke Anthony the first sonne was of a reasonable good disposition and voluntarily came vnto Dijon vnto King Francis and there did him hommage for the Duchye of Bar shewing him selfe very sorye for his offence which he had committed in seeking to defraude the same King Francis of the Duchye of Guelderlande which he pretended to fall to him by succession in the right of his mother For he had practised by one Iames Canis the Borowmaster of Nemegue to rayse the commons and keepe the said King out of his possession but then seing that the people would not accept him but had submitted them selues vnto the Duke of Cleuelande he fought all meanes possible to be reconciled to cure this skarre which through the helpe and fauour of his brother Iohn Cardinal of Lorraine he soone brought to passe and King Francis did cleerly pardon and forgiue him This Cardinal Iohn was the iollyest encrocher of benefices aliue as might plainly be perceiued by the estate wher into he brought the whole French Church but because he otherwise was of a reasonable courteous disposition a great spender and therewithall very liberall all was taken in meetly good parte The third brother who was Duke of Guise and father vnto this Duke of Guise and Cardinal of Lorraine with the rest was neuer put in any great credite neither had the charge of any waightie affayres committed vnto him For his leading of the Kinges power without his loue or leaue into Lorraine to the succour of his brother Duke Anthony who as the talke went was sore ouerlayed with Anabaptistes was taken in very euil parte and him selfe had not the Constable at that time great master and Marshal of France entreated for him would King Francis haue committed vnto prison and hardely dealt withal For King Francis was such an one as would not permit those who without his owne liberalitie were of them selues of no reputation so farre to encroche vpon his auctoritie as appeared at another time when the said Lord of Guise being gouernour of Burgundye sought to enter into the castle of Aussonne which at that time was a seueral charge and in the custodie of a french gentleman of the retinewe of the Marquise of Rotelin named the Lord of Rouueray who withstoode him forbade him the entrie therinto which the said de Rouueray durst not haue done in case the said Lord of Guise had bene a prince who for that cause complained vnto King Francis but he for that deede

sought vtterly to root out him and his Thus may you see how they enuenimed the King against his blood and people naming to him Valois in steade of Guise openly playing at King put of thy coate yet could not their cruelties stop men from casting these things in their teeth both in worde and writing being accused of weakening deuouring and wasting both the King and his Realme But al this shal more particularly be described The Cardinal was then so malepart as in the Kings presence to sweare by Gods blood that the Baron of Castelnaul should die for it and that no man should saue him In the meane time the Kings edicts posted euery way and the Duke of Guise the more to floute the King and doubting lest the executiō of so many might procure him more hatred among al men fearing also least this worde estates which already began to tingle in their eares should tickle the peoples hearts thought it best to saue the liues after the maner of a thiefe which holdeth a man in his mercy at the corner of a wood of the most part of the poore souldiers who were come on foote which was done giuing euery man closely a testorne I wil not here say that they counseled the King to slaye the Prince of Conde neither speake of the meanes which they vsed in washing and clensing them selues in innocent blood neither of the slanders which they layed vpon the dead persons or of their faire promises for time to come and al in the Kings name and yet obserued nothing for we shal haue time enough to speake thereof more largely hereafter But I wil set before the readers an other wonderful iniury which their ambition wrought against the King and his estate Their niece who was married to Francis the second was Queene of Scots Now chalenged she some title to England because she was the daughter of the sonne of one of the sisters of King Henry the eight of England pretending that Queene Elizabeth at this present reigning might easely be displaced especially because that Marie Queene before her being married to King Philippe had declared her vnlawful They caused therfore their niece to take vpon her the title armes both of Englād Scotlād determining finally to appropriat to themselues the realm of England at the cost of France and in the name of their said niece whether it were by subtiltie or force Also the religion which Queene Elizabeth professed semed to them a meete pretence to winne some power in England where it is not vnknowen that there are suffred ouer many of the popes affectionate seruants Again the mightines of the King of France together with the inuincible alliāce of both kngdomes was vnto them an other couer or cloke vnder the which they gathered together many secret seruants pensioners who sould their wicked consciences by golde weite and in scoffing at the Guisians perswaded them that for the attaining of England it was requsite first to came the Scots who for the most part were become protestants For by this goodly exploit the English Catholikes should haue a sufficient gage of their rest for time to come also that it was necessary that one of the six brethren shoulde remaine stil in Scotland During these practises there arose some trouble in Scotland about religion King Henry the second died and they seeing themselues on horsback determined to pursue this pray with horne and crye They sent therefore the Bishop of Amiens a very nimble person in the court of the Church who in one moneth should reduce said he al the strayed Scots with him la Brosse a hairebrained and furious person who should murder al in that realme These two good commissioners being arriued in Scotland began in their owne fancies to make partition of the gentlemens lands and selling the beares skinne which yet they had not taken they writte vnto the Guisians that there were waies how to draw yerely two hundred thousād crownes out of this kingdō by puttīg to death the nobilitie and bringing the commons into subiection also that there they might wel lodge a thousand French gentle mē who should be to do the lords of Guise seruice God knoweth whither this council clawed them where they itched and whither they maligned the Queene dowager their sister and her minion the lord of Oysel who thought it not best to ouerrunne the said Scotts who had blood in their nayles as they shewed wel making the Bishop to feele that they had nought to doe with his instructions and compelling la Brosse to returne the same way he came and to goe and bragge it in some other place driuing away the priests the Cardinalty and the Papalty al which had it not bene for the foolish ambition of the Guisians might well haue remained Also besides this blowe they susteined an other onset on the coaste of England for Queene Elizabeth made a large protestation expressely against them therein setting before al mens sight the causes of these broyles to the Kings confusion and the destruction of his realme And whatsoeuer countenances or practises that they made afterward fastening according to their custome the foxes skinne vnto the lyons yet gained they nought els on that side sauing shame to themselues and losse and hinderance vnto the King and his realme Whiles they extended their wings so farre of in France one the one side the protestants multiplied and on the otherside such as misliked the gouernement of the Guisians began againe to take heart notwithstanding the successe of the enterprise of Amboyse had in the beginninge greatly quailed the greatest part Hereupon the Duke of Guise marueilously chafed that in his gouernement of Dauphine the protestants had first lifted vp their heades brought in sixtene ensignes of the olde bands of Piedmōt together with diuers cōpanies of other French souldiers vnder the conduct of Tauannes Maugiron and others who made marueilous hauocke in those countreis Sone after also they brought the King to Tours where they did what they could to haue had the towne destroyed for they supposed that the inhabitants thereof had fauoured the enterprise of Amboyse and therefore a great while bare them a milke tooth Thus walking the King vp and downe causing him to taste of the baite of al pleasures they abused his youth and simplicitie dayly planting other pillers of their greatnesse for time to come the more they se they were contrariried the sorer were they enuenimed bent vnto new practises brīging the King into the hatred both of his subiects and strangers more endamaging the realme in one moneth then then before it had bene in a whole yeres warre against the Spaniard for it was incredible what exactions and debtes they procured also what goods them selues hoarded vp during the raigne of their said nephue Frācis the second These behauiours together with extreeme violence vsed brought most part of the commons in maner into despaire of euer seeing France againe in